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Figures & data
Figure 1 The mindfulness exercise on appointment 1 was held in a riverside environment (A), the conscious walking exercise on appointment 2 in a park next to a natural pond (B) and the favorite place exercise on appointment 6 in a recreational forest (C).
Figure 2 Study design of the NBI.
Table 1 Salivary α-Amylase Activities Before and After Nature-Based Interventions and Parameter Estimates and Tests of the General Linear Mixed Effects’ Model for α-Amylase. Std Err Denotes the Standard Error of the Estimates, t- and Chi-Squared Values are the Test Values for the Parameter Estimates or Type III Anova (Deviance) Tests, Df Denotes the Degrees of Freedom. R2 – Values Were Presented for the Marginal and Conditional Models
Table 2 Post Intervention Salivary Cortisol Levels and Parameter Estimates and Tests of the General Linear Mixed Effects’ Model for Cortisol. Std Err Denotes the Standard Error of the Estimates, t- and Chi-Squared Values are the Test Values for the Parameter Estimates or Type III Anova (Deviance) Tests, Df Denotes the Degrees of Freedom. R2 – Values Were Presented for the Marginal and Conditional Models
Figure 3 The predictions of the models for α-amylase (A) and cortisol (B). The explanatory variable in the cortisol model was day of week. In that model, Thursday was treated as an intervention day (Thursday) and a non-intervention reference day (Thursday ref.). Monday was an intervention day and Friday and Saturday non-intervention days. In the model for amylase, the predictions for the interaction effect of pairwise measurement (pre-post intervention) and month were presented. Point estimates (circles) and their standard errors were presented.
